i'd probably still adore you with your hands around my neck
"We've been working on this pulley system to lower people down. The thought was that with them, we could anchor higher up and keep the hulls safe from the heat. Unfortunately the longer the line, the more it sways around and the less safe it is." It was a problem the aviator had been puzzling over for years now, in truth.
"Is this where I say that because you've made me hard in the past, it's only fair I get to do the same to you?" He whispers crookedly. Taking a few weightless steps backward with Isla held against him, Everest stops as he feels the ridge of a bench against the backs of his thighs. Sinking down with an indulgent sigh, he leans against the rocky ridge of the pool until the water covers his shoulders.
"Is there any way around that?" He asks softly. "The cold in Halo?"
"Is this where I say that because you've made me hard in the past, it's only fair I get to do the same to you?" He whispers crookedly. Taking a few weightless steps backward with Isla held against him, Everest stops as he feels the ridge of a bench against the backs of his thighs. Sinking down with an indulgent sigh, he leans against the rocky ridge of the pool until the water covers his shoulders.
"Is there any way around that?" He asks softly. "The cold in Halo?"
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